Why shud we apologize for giving Japan the ability that made them the economic powerhouse of the Far East? Shud we also apologize to Germany for giving them the opportunity to become the economic lifeblood of Europe? Japan and Germany are the last two countries that we have fought with in a real war and defeated them unequivocally and unconditionally. Perhaps if we had done so in Korea (North), Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan those countries would now be bastions of real democratic and economic power and reform.